DEH HASSAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - With the world marking five years since the invasion of Iraq, a NATO-led force of some 40 states is at pains to argue it is not losing a longer war in the deserts and mountains of Afghanistan.
But it stresses that conflict is far from won.
In a dusty mud-brick village in [...]

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Sternberk, North Moravia, Feb 28 (CTK) - Four infantry combat vehicles (BVPs), painted in special desert sand colour, left the military equipment repair company VOP in Sternberk Thursday to serve in the Czech mission in Afghanistan.The BVPs will be transported to the Afghan province of Logar by a special military plane from the Brno airport, [...]

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I recently had the privilege of returning to Iraq and, more specifically, to Al Anbar province for my third tour. I say privileged for a number of different reasons, not the least of which is the opportunity to again serve with young Americans — the best of their generation — in combat.A second reason is [...]

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Bochor, North Moravia, Feb 11 (CTK) - The first part of the Czech provincial reconstruction team (PRT) left for the Afghan province of Logar Monday, Czech Deputy Defence Minister Martin Bartak said.Bartak said the PRTs are one of the ways of achieving stability in the region.
“They will help to ordinary citizens, it is not a [...]

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In 2004, Fallujah was the big story in Iraq. The Sunni city had been taken over by al-Qaida - and the U.S. Marines invaded in force in that November, succeeding in driving out most of the fighters.But it came at a huge cost. Many of the al-Qaida militants escaped to fight another day, and Fallujah [...]

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When Captain Nicholas M. Cook arrived in the Dora neighborhood of southern Baghdad in May, the place was like a ghost town. Nearly 50% of the homes were abandoned and the residents that remained rarely ventured out. Only the crackle of gunfire pierced the streets. “Everyday it was like clockwork - 10 to 11:30 am [...]

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Iraq has reopened an airport in the northern city of Mosul to commercial flights for the first time in 14 years.The U.S. military said Tuesday the inaugural Iraqi Airways flight left Mosul Sunday, carrying 152 pilgrims to Baghdad for an onward connection to Saudi Arabia.
The airport was first opened to commercial flights in 1992, but [...]

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TALLIL - The governor of Muthanna Province has extended his thanks to the engineers of the Gulf Region South (GRS) District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the district’s work in his province.”We would like to send our thanks and appreciation for your great works, which help Al Muthanna Province in construction and [...]

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NAHRAWAN, Iraq (Reuters) - Battling an insurgency, wrote T.E. Lawrence, the legendary “Lawrence of Arabia” who fought in the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire almost a century ago, is “messy and slow, like eating soup with a knife”.
It’s a lesson the U.S. military has learned painfully in Iraq, a messy war dragging into its [...]

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